Bika Mail 2/23. Onwards

Cape Town, 28 July 2023. Lemoene

Since our previous mail:

Sample Importer

The bulk sample importer fell by the wayside in the code migration to Senaite, it remains a crude but effective way to register big numbers of samples with much less effort than in the UI. It is back now, sponsored by Test It Water Quality Lab, as the senaite.sampleimporter add-on with improved spreadsheet format and more attributes

The function has already been adapted to import client sample delivery documents. There must be a better way to integrate spreadsheets though:)

Field results import

Interfacing field data directly with web based field inspection applications such as Fulcrum for which a CSV importer has been added

Subcontracted results import

The results from COAs delivered by sub contracted labs in established document formats can also be imported now. Both these two improvements sponsored by AWTC Water Treatment Consultants

Sample Point Locations

In this feature by HydroChem Water Specialists, Sample Points are expanded to a two tier structure, Locations and their Sample Points, typically a water treatment facility and its collection points. Results can then be reported per location

The structure is also handy in other disciplines, e.g. tribology where a number of oil and fuel sample points on an engine can be grouped as a location

Billing

Invoicing returns too, per Batch this time, analysis and profile totals per invoice line. Accounts systems can access the Invoices via API.

In the next phase the Invoices will be pushed to commonly used accounts packages like Quickbooks, Xero, Sage and others - send us your requirements now:) - albeit via spreadsheet exports where the systems don’t have friendly APIs. Funded by Bika Lab Systems herself. 

More COAs

The standard Bika COAs have been improved and more templates released, and in some cases coded, by labs and included in the latest Bika COA add-on